In re Asbestos Litigation

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

N. RICHARD POWERS, United States Magistrate.

The matter before the Court is the motion of defendants for entry of a standing order requiring all plaintiffs seeking recovery for illness allegedly caused by exposure to asbestos particles to execute authorizations for the performance of an autopsy on their bodies if they should die prior to trial, which authorizations are to be communicated to their next of kin. According to the affidavit of Doctor Harry B. Demopoulos offered in support of the motion, an autopsy can provide a much more accurate diagnosis of a person’s…